The Molly Peacock Nonfiction Prize

Molly Peacock is a distinguished Canadian-American author who has championed creativity in her two biographies The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life’s Work at 72 (book of the year in The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, The Economist, The Irish Times, The London Evening Standard, and The Sunday Telegraph); and Flower Diary: Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door, an IPPY Award Winner. Her essays have appeared in The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, House & Garden, and Oprah Magazine. Her memoir, Paradise Piece by Piece, helped spark the contemporary childfree movement. Author of eight volumes of poetry, including The Widow’s Crayon Box, Peacock’s work is widely anthologized, notably in A Century of Poetry from The
New Yorker.

Gordon Hill Press and The Porcupine's Quill are pleased to honour her legacy through the Molly Peacock Nonfiction Prize, which is open to unpublished creative nonfiction manuscripts by Canadian authors. To submit, purchase the Molly Peacock Nonfiction Prize Submission Fee below. Then submit your completed manuscript along with a bio statement and your publication history to submit@gordonhillpress.com with your full name and manuscript title in the subject heading. All submissions should be sent in .doc or .docx format.

The winner will receive $1,000 and an offer of publication. Additional submissions may also receive an offer of publication.

Submissions are open until June 30. The winner will be announced in September.